EP2130679B2 - Dispositif de nettoyage d'éléments de frottement pour une tête d'impression - Google Patents

Dispositif de nettoyage d'éléments de frottement pour une tête d'impression Download PDF

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EP2130679B2
EP2130679B2 EP09005738.1A EP09005738A EP2130679B2 EP 2130679 B2 EP2130679 B2 EP 2130679B2 EP 09005738 A EP09005738 A EP 09005738A EP 2130679 B2 EP2130679 B2 EP 2130679B2
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Wolfgang Muhl
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/165—Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
    • B41J2/16517—Cleaning of print head nozzles
    • B41J2/16535—Cleaning of print head nozzles using wiping constructions
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/165—Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
    • B41J2/16585—Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles for paper-width or non-reciprocating print heads
    • B41J2/16588—Print heads movable towards the cleaning unit
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/165—Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
    • B41J2/16517—Cleaning of print head nozzles
    • B41J2/16535—Cleaning of print head nozzles using wiping constructions
    • B41J2/16541—Means to remove deposits from wipers or scrapers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00516—Details of printing apparatus
    • G07B2017/00524—Printheads
    • G07B2017/00532—Inkjet
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00516—Details of printing apparatus
    • G07B2017/00556—Ensuring quality of print

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  • the invention relates to an ink printing device which is used in mail processing, addressing and franking machines and other ink printing devices.
  • Modern franking machines with inkjet technology use, for example, print heads from Hewtett Packard and so-called wiping elements to remove excess ink from the print head. Either the print head moves over a stationary wiping element or the wiping element moves over the stationary head. The excess ink is carried along by the wiping elements and wiped off on wiper elements (squeegees). Since the HP printheads have a relatively small printhead surface, this is usually sufficient.
  • a device for cleaning an inkjet print head for a franking machine of the Centormail® type is known to the applicant.
  • the ink pressure head is part of every ink cartridge.
  • Two ink cartridges are interchangeably arranged in a receptacle.
  • the receptacle can be pivoted into a printing position, so that the inkjet print head is arranged in a stationary manner in a printing window of a guide plate for the flat mail items (printing medium) during printing.
  • a cleaning and sealing station serves as a maintenance station and is also adjustable behind the guide plate and can be moved towards and away from the inkjet print head.
  • a wiper is arranged separately from the print head or its holder on a wiper holder, the latter being attached to the chassis.
  • Two wipers are used to wipe the wiper lips, which are arranged on a carriage of a cleaning and sealing station (RDS) when the carriage moves away from the inkjet print head and returns to its starting position.
  • RDS cleaning and sealing station
  • the invention is based on the object of improving maintenance and creating a possibility of cleaning wiping elements in an inkjet printing device, with the deposition and drying of excess ink residues on the wiping elements being avoided.
  • the cleaning of the wiping elements should be made possible independently of the movement of the print head and should be able to be integrated into the maintenance process of the printing unit without incurring additional expense.
  • An ink absorbing means has been developed which absorbs ink passively inside it and which is arranged on the chassis of the printing device at a point at which a maintenance station that can be moved at least in one direction is moved past, the maintenance station having wiping elements which, as it moves past, the Release ink absorbent.
  • the ink absorbing means is a sponge assembly and consists of a sponge holder, a sponge body and a holding plate. The sponge body absorbs the ink due to the well-known capillary effect and thus removes the excess ink inexpensively from the wiping elements after each wiping process, i.e. immediately after wiping the print head surface when the maintenance station is moved or the carriage of the RDS returns to its starting position from wiping .
  • the sponge assembly is fixedly arranged in the rear part of the chassis as an independent assembly so that the sponge element itself can easily be changed when the RDS has been moved into the sealing position in the front part.
  • An automatic suction of the ink from the sponge can be omitted, so that compared to solution after EP 885 726 A1 there is a simpler and more economical design.
  • FIG. 1 a perspective view of the known device 1 * of the postage meter machine of the Centormail® type is shown from the front and bottom right.
  • a print head holder 12 * carries two ink print heads 110 *, 120 * and is shown pivoted about an axis 121 * into a cleaning position.
  • a cleaning and sealing device (RDS) 13 * which carries wiping elements 1311 *, has been moved into a starting position in the rear part of the postage meter machine.
  • a wiper holder 1317 * is arranged between the RDS 13 * and the printhead receptacle 12 *.
  • the wiper holder carries wipers on its downward-facing edges, on which the wiped-off ink first drips downward. However, a residue of the ink sticks through adhesion and can then dry on.
  • FIG. 2b shows a perspective view of an improved device 1 for cleaning wiping elements for an inkjet print head from the front and bottom right.
  • the arrangement of the assemblies in the printing device of the known franking machine of the Centormail® type to one another is basically the same as in FIG Fig. 1 has been shown, but instead of a wiper holder an ink receiving means 4 is used, which is arranged between an ink dispensing means 2 and a maintenance station 3 on the rear part of the chassis.
  • a print head receptacle can be used as the ink dispensing means 2
  • a cleaning and sealing device 13 can be used as the maintenance station 3
  • a sponge assembly 1.4 with at least one sponge holder 14 and a sponge body 142 can be used as the ink receiving means 4.
  • the Figure 3a Figure 13 shows a perspective view of the sponge assembly from the front left and bottom.
  • the sponge assembly 1.4 consists of a sponge holder 14, a sponge body 142 and a holding plate 144.
  • the rear part of the sponge holder is flat at the bottom and has two cams 148 and an opening 147 for attachment.
  • the front part 141 is box-shaped downwards with a large downwardly directed opening in which the sponge body 142 is fastened to the sponge holder 14 with the holding plate 144.
  • the opening 147 for fastening in the rear part of the sponge holder is arranged in the middle.
  • the box 141 or another box at the transition to the flat rear part of the sponge holder results in a stop edge for a - not shown - mounting plate of the chassis.
  • the Figure 3b shows a perspective view of the sponge assembly from the front lower left in an exploded view.
  • the sponge holder 14 has an elongated, approximately rectangular opening 140 in the box 141, the cross-sectional area of which tapers inward.
  • the sponge body 142 preferably has a wedge-shaped tapering in the direction of the bottom of the opening and a rounded rectangular shape on the surface to match the opening in the sponge holder.
  • the opening 140 is delimited by four side walls of the box 141, two passages 143 and 146 each being formed in two opposite side walls, which allow the wiper lips to slide through when the RDS wipes the wiper lips on the sponge in a maintenance phase.
  • a wall piece 145 stands between the passages 143 and 146 of the side wall and the opposite side wall of the box 141.
  • the holding plate 144 is bent into a U-shape, its side surfaces 1441 and 1442 being bent slightly inward and thereby exerting a spring force on the sponge holder 14 in the assembled state.
  • the base of the holding plate 144 has the dimensions of the largest cross-sectional area on the surface of the sponge body.
  • the base surface 1445 of the holding plate has two rectangular openings 1443, 1446 which extend into the two side surfaces 1441 and 1442, each suitable for a pass of a pair of wiping elements for a respective print head during wiping. The two openings are spaced from one another in accordance with the distance between the two printheads in the printhead receptacle.
  • the front part of the sponge holder is flat at the top and is box-shaped at the bottom with a large opening pointing downwards.
  • the opening has a width B and a length L, with B ⁇ L.
  • the sponge 142 is made, for example, of an ecologically degradable, synthetically produced material and, if necessary, can also be reused after the ink has been washed out. If necessary, it is washed out with an antibacterial solvent when a longer time interval has elapsed and its capacity for ink has been exhausted.
  • FIG 4 is a perspective view of the improved device from the front right below, with the printhead receptacle 12 and RDS 13 shown in the sealing position. The printheads are protected from drying out in this position. In contrast to this, the ink is allowed to dry on the sponge of the sponge holder 14.
  • Figure 4 is a perspective view of the improved device from the top right rear, with the RDS 13 in the starting position.
  • the print head receptacle 12 is pivotably arranged between two side walls of a frame of the ink printing device, the left side wall 101 of which is shown in the background of the view.
  • the RDS 13 is located in the initial position shown in the lower rear part of the frame, the left side wall has an incorporated guide in the form of an obliquely forward and upward elongated hole 1012 in which the carriage of the RDS 13 is guided, that is, slides along when the RDS 13 is moved into the sealing position.
  • the print head receptacle 12 has an axis of rotation 121 in the upper front part of the frame. Between the RDS 13 and the print head receptacle 12, an ink absorbing means, preferably a sponge assembly with the sponge holder 14, is arranged in the rear part of the frame and fastened in the manner shown by means of a screw 15 to the sheet metal part 16 of the chassis of the printing device of the postage meter machine.
  • the sponge holder 14 has a box-shaped cavity 149 in the upper part.
  • the ink absorbent consists of a synthetically manufactured sponge, but no suitable naturally occurring substances should be excluded.
  • the shape of the ink receiving means must of course be adapted to the number and shape of the wiping elements (wiper lips) in such a way that it is suitable for wiping them off.
  • the number of wiper lips is only two per print head.
  • the ink absorbing means 4 can be implemented in any form and is arranged on the chassis of the ink printing device at a point at which a maintenance station 3 or RDS 13 that can be moved in at least one direction is pre-moved.
  • the ink dispensing means 2 does not have to be implemented in the embodiment shown, but can also be constructed alternatively, i.e. differently than shown, or in a modified form.

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  1. Imprimante à jet d'encre, comportant
    un châssis et un logement de tête d'impression (12) logé de manière pivotante sur celui-ci,
    un poste de maintenance (3) qui est un poste de nettoyage et d'étanchéité (13) et qui comporte les éléments d'essuyage (1311), et
    un dispositif (14) comprenant un moyen absorbeur d'encre (4), destiné à nettoyer les éléments d'essuyage (1311),
    le moyen absorbeur d'encre (4) étant placé sur le châssis de l'imprimante à jet d'encre, entre le poste de maintenance (3) et le logement de tête d'impression (12), dans la dernière partie de l'imprimante à jet d'encre, en un endroit devant lequel le poste de maintenance (3) déplaçable dans au moins une direction peut passer,
    par ailleurs au moyen des éléments d'essuyage (1311), pendant le passage à l'avant, de l'encre pouvant être distribuée sur le moyen absorbeur d'encre (4), et
    l'encre étant susceptible d'être absorbée passivement à l'intérieur du moyen absorbeur d'encre (4), qui est un ensemble d'éponges (1.4), constitué d'un support d'éponge (14), d'un corps d'éponge (142) et d'une tôle de retenue (144), le corps d'éponge liant l'encre par absorption sur la base de l'effet capillaire connu en soi.
  2. Appareil d'impression à jet d'encre selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le corps d'éponge (142) est fabriqué dans un matériau synthétique biodégradable.
  3. Appareil d'impression à jet d'encre selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la partie frontale du support d'éponge (14) est plate sur le dessus et que vers le bas elle soit en forme de caisson comportant une ouverture (140) dirigée vers le bas, ladite ouverture ayant une largeur B et une longueur L avec une forme dimensionnelle rectangulaire.
  4. Appareil d'impression à jet d'encre selon les revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le support d'éponge (14) comporte dans le caisson (141) une ouverture (140) longitudinale approximativement rectangulaire, dont la surface de la section rétrécit vers l'intérieur.
  5. Appareil d'impression à jet d'encre selon les revendications 1 et 3, caractérisé en ce que le corps d'éponge (142) comporte une forme qui diminue de manière cunéiforme dans le sens du fond de l'ouverture (140) et qui présente superficiellement une forme rectangulaire arrondie assortie à l'ouverture (140) du support d'éponge.
  6. Appareil d'impression à jet d'encre selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il s'agit d'une machine de traitement de courrier, d'une machine d'adressage et/ou d'une affranchisseuse.
EP09005738.1A 2008-06-06 2009-04-24 Dispositif de nettoyage d'éléments de frottement pour une tête d'impression Not-in-force EP2130679B2 (fr)

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